SCIENCE 7

4TH PERIODICAL TEST

SY 2022-2023

________1. What do you call the horizontal lines found in the globe?
A. Equator B. Latitude C. Longitude D. Prime Meridian
________2. What do you call to the great circle that is halfway between the Northern and
Southern Hemisphere?
A. Equator B. Latitude C. Longitude D. Prime Meridian
________3. Which of the following is the latitude of the equator?
A. 00 B. 900 N C. 900 S D. 900 E
________4. Which of the following is considered as the greatest possible latitude found in the
globe?
A. 900 N and 900 S C. 1800 N and 1800 S
B. 900 E and 900 W D. 1800 E and 1800 W
________5. What is the climate experienced by countries that are located within or near the
Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn?
A. Desert B. Polar C. Temperate D. Tropical
________6. What do you call the latitude between Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle?
A. Eastern temperate zone C. Northern temperate zone
B. Western temperate zone D. Southern temperate zone

________7. The Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan City generates energy from the flow of water. What
do you call this energy resource?
A. Biomass B. Geothermal C. Hydropower D. Solar
________8. All of the following are considered as land resources, EXCEPT
A. corals B. crops C. metals D. trees

________9. Our environment has many bodies of water and landforms. The things that we take
and use from the environment to survive are called _______.
A. raw materials C. natural resources
B. chemical energy D. rocks and minerals
________10. Resources that can be replaced after using them again and again are called _______.
A. Nonrenewable C. Renewable
B. Recyclable D. Reusable
________11. The following natural resources can be replaced easily, EXCEPT
A. animals B. coal C. plants D. water

________12. Which of the following resources takes a very long time to replace?
A. Crops B. Oil C. Trees D. Water
________13. What do you call the resources that require long years before they can be
replenished?
A. Nonrenewable C. Renewable
B. Recyclable D. Reusable
________14. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A. Coal: Renewable C. Aluminum: Renewable
B. Cotton: Nonrenewable D. Minerals: Nonrenewable

________15. In which layer of the atmosphere where nearly all weather phenomena occur?
A. Mesosphere C. Thermosphere
B. Stratosphere D. Troposphere
________16. Which layer protects us from harmful ultraviolet rays?
A. Mesosphere C. Troposphere
B. Stratosphere D. Ozone layer
________17. What are the most abundant gases in Earth’s atmosphere?
A. Nitrogen and Oxygen C. Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen
B. Nitrogen and Hydrogen D. Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen
________18. In which layer of the atmosphere do planes fly to get out from the weather
disturbances?
A. Exosphere C. Stratosphere
B. Mesosphere D. Thermosphere
________19. What happens to the temperature as you go higher in the troposphere?
A. It increases. C. It stays the same.
B. It decreases. D. It increases then decreases.
________20. In which layer of the earth’s atmosphere does meteoroids burn up?
A. Mesosphere B. Stratosphere C. Thermosphere D. Troposphere
________21. Why is the presence of ozone important for the survival of living things on Earth?
A. It warms Earth’s surface.
B. It helps in cloud formation.
C. It makes jets flying more comfortable.
D. It offers protection from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays.
________22.Why does warm air rise in the atmosphere?
A. It is denser than cold air C. It weighs more than cold air
B. It is less dense than cold air D. It has higher pressure than cold air
________23. Which of the following will cause wind or movement of air in our atmosphere?
A. Differences in altitude C. Differences in temperature and altitude
B. Differences in pressure D. Differences in temperature and pressure

________24. When does air rise in the atmosphere?

A. If air particles are cold C. When air is denser than other air particles
B. When air is warm and less dense D. If the air pressure around the place is higher
________25. What causes the differences of air pressure in the atmosphere?
A. Waves of ocean’s water C. Rising and falling of water tides
B. Rotation of earth on its axis D. Unequal heating of earth’s atmosphere
________26. What will happen if there is a difference between air pressure and temperature in the
atmosphere?
A. Formation of wind C. Increase in force of gravity
B. Creation of tides in ocean D. Continuation of earth’s rotation
________27. The following materials are found in our surroundings. Which one of these is the best
absorber of heat?
A. Oil B. Juice C. Rock D. Water
________28. When air particles in atmosphere are heated, then its temperature increases. Does
increase in its temperature cause the decrease in its density?
A. No, because only the temperature changed and not the density.
B. No, because the density of air particles is not related to its temperature.
C. Yes, because the density of air is inversely proportional to its temperature.
D. Yes, because the density and temperature of air are directly related to each other

________29. What will happen to the particles of air when it is heated?

A. Expand C. Float
B. Explode D. Sink
________30. Why do air particles rise if it is heated?
A. Because the temperature is low
B. Because its temperature increases
C. Because it is free to flow everywhere
D. Because it has very small particles and light weight

________31. What happens to air particles when its temperature decreases?

A. Stays in place C. Spread in all directions
B. Expand, then rise D. Moves toward a low pressure area
________32. Why does air sink?
A. Because it has low density
B. Because it has unstable density
C. Because its temperature is low making it denser
D. Because its temperature is high resulting it to be less dense

________33.Which of the following statements correctly describes the properties of cold air?
A. denser and less pressure C. less dense and less pressure
B. denser and more pressure D. less dense and more pressure
________34. The following are true about the Earth, EXCEPT
A. Its axis is tilted. C. It has a thriving atmosphere.
B. It rotates on its orbit. D. It is the third planet from the sun.

________35. Why does length of daytime vary from place to place?

A. Because Earth rotates on its axis
B. Because Earth revolves around the sun.
C. Because Earth’s axis is perpendicular.
D. Because Earth’s axis is tilted by 23.5 degrees.

________36. What causes nighttime and daytime on Earth?

A. Sun rotating on its axis
B. Earth rotating on its axis
C. Earth revolving around the Sun
D. Moon revolving around Earth
________37. How does the tilt of the Earth ‘s axis affect the number of hours of sunlight that
are hitting the Earth?
A. Sunlight hours are not affected by the tilt of the Earth
B. Sunlight hours are greater when Earth is tilted toward the Sun.
C. Sunlight hours are greater when Earth is tilted away from the Sun.
D. Sunlight hours are greater when Earth is neither tilted away
nor toward the Sun
________38. How does the tilt of the Earth look as it rotates around the Sun?
A. The tilt has always the same angle
B. The tilt is the same in spring/fall and different in summer/winter.
C. The tilt is variable and changes seasonally.
D. The tilt is always toward the Sun.
________39. Which of the following is TRUE about direct rays?
A. These rays of the Sun hit the ground at 0°.
B. These rays of the Sun hit the ground at 90°.
C. These rays of the Sun hit the ground at 23.5°.
D. These rays of the Sun hit the ground indirectly.
________40. When the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun, will the daytime be longer than
night time in the Northern Hemisphere?
A. Yes, because it receives direct rays.
B. Yes, because it receives diagonal rays.
C. No, because it receives heat around the sun.
D. No, because it receives oblique rays from the sun.

________41. What causes seasons throughout the year?

A. the sun and its orbit
B. the moon and the stars
C. the tilt of the Earth’s axis
D. the distance of Earth and the moon
________42. What do “direct rays” mean?
A. The rays of the Sun hit the ground at 30 degrees.
B. The rays of the Sun hit the ground at 60 degrees.
C. The rays of the Sun hit the ground at 90 degrees.
D. The rays of the Sun hit the ground at 120 degrees.
________43. What are horizontal lines, or lines running across the Earth from East to West,
called?
A. Equator C. Longitude lines
B. Latitude lines D. Prime meridians
_______44. Which affect the amount of solar energy the earth’s received?
A. Equator C. Longitude lines
B. Latitude lines D. Prime meridians
________45. Which of the following imaginary line that is halfway between the North Pole and
South Pole?
A. Equator C. Longitude lines
B. Latitude lines D. Prime meridians
________46. Which region receives less solar energy per unit of surface area?
A. Asian region C. Pakistan region
B. African region D. Polar region
________47. Which of the following astronomical phenomena shows shadow formation?
A. Eclipses
B. Birth of a star
C. Collision of asteroids
D. Rotation of Earth on its axis
________Which part of a shadow has all light been blocked?
A. Umbra
B. Penumbra
C. Black Shadow
D. Very Light Shadow
________48.Why are the seasons different in the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
A. The earth’s distance to the sun is constant
B. The earth is continuously rotating around the sun.
C. The sun is moving around the earth so one half the earth is heated and the other half is frozen.
D. During summer or winter one part of the planet is closer or father to the sun.
________49. Which of the following is TRUE about natural resources?
A. Natural resources are created by humans.
B. Natural resources are used by humans only.
C. Natural resources are produced through scientific experiments.
 D. Natural resources exist in nature and sustain the needs of all living things.
________50.Philippines is listed as the fifth mineral-rich country in the world, third in gold reserves,
fourth in copper and fifth in nickel. Why do you think our country is rich in mineral resources?
A. We have advanced equipment used in mining these minerals.
B. We have extensive mining activities all throughout the country.
C. We are situated in the Pacific Ring of Fire where many active volcanoes
are present.
D. We have a tropical climate characterized by abundant rainfall, high
temperature and high humidity.

________51.When it is summer in southern hemisphere, which of the following BEST

describes the tilting of the earth in the northern hemisphere?
A. The earth is tilted towards the sun.
B. The earth is tilted away from the sun.
C. The distance between southern and northern hemisphere is constant.
D. The distance between both hemispheres are not constant and always
changing.
________52. Earth’s seasons are caused by which of the following?
A. The varying amount of sunspot activity
B. The rotation of the Earth during a 24- hour day
C. The Earth’s orbit around the Sun as an ellipse rather than a circle.
D. The tilt of the Earth’s axis of rotation relative to the orbit of the Earth.
________53. Which of the following statements correctly describes latitude?
A. Only lines of the latitude are equally spaced vertical lines.
B. There are 89 lines of latitude in the north and 89 to the south.
C. The 90th line of the latitude are the three points the East and North.
D. The 90th line of the latitude are the two points the North and South.
________54. Evan was asked to locate the equator on the globe. He then pointed at the 0-degree
latitude. Is he correct?
A. Yes, it is halfway between the North Pole and South Pole.
B. No, it is not 0-degree latitude at the middle of the earth.
C. Yes, it is at 0-degree latitude around the North Pole and South Pole.
D. No, it is an imaginary line around the earth which represent 0 degree.

_______55. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas are formed from the remains of dead
plants and animals that existed millions of years ago. Which of the following
statements is TRUE about fossil fuels?
A. Fossil fuels are renewable resources because it takes only a short time to
create them.
B. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources because it takes a very long time to
produce them.
C. Fossil fuels are renewable resources because we can replace them easily by
killing animals and plants.
D. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources because we can replace them through
scientific experiments in laboratories.

D. Yes, because the black circles is the moon that aligns with the sun creating a solar eclipse.
________56. Jaypee performs an experiment about solar eclipse. He cut different sizes of
circles where the sun is biggest followed by the earth and the moon. He aligned
the three circles, with the earth in between the sun and the moon. Is his set-up
CORRECT?
A. Yes, because there is the sun.
B. No, because the moon must be absent during solar eclipse.
C. No, because the moon should be is at the center.
D. Yes, because the three astronomical objects have different diameter and the alignment of the
three where the earth is at the center causes solar eclipse.

________57.Philippines is home of different species of plants and animals. Do you agree that our
latitude position in the globe can influence the high diversity of life forms?
A. No, the diversity of life forms in the country does not depend on its position
in the globe.
B. No, the latitude position of our country does not affect the high diversity of
life forms at all.
C. Yes, the Philippines is one lucky country with thick forests, bodies of water,
fertile soil, and many landforms.
D. Yes, the Philippines receives year-round sunshine and abundant rainfall that
are needed by plants and animals to grow and reproduce.

________58. Lance was tasked to discuss in their class the different geologic structures in the
country and the presence of minerals. He was asked by one of his classmates if there
is a relationship between the geologic structures and the presence of minerals. Lance
answered yes. Do you think his answer is correct?
A. No, the presence of mineral resources in the country does not depend on the
different geologic structures present.
B. Yes, the rich mineral resources can be attributed to the presence of many
active volcanoes and trenches in the country.
C. Yes, the presence of mineral resources tells us that our country experiences
frequent geologic events such as earthquakes.
D. No, there is no known scientific investigations showing the association of
geologic structures and the presence of minerals in the country.
________59. Which of the following describes the temperature in the troposphere and
stratosphere?
A. The stratosphere is hotter than the troposphere.
B. The troposphere is hotter than the stratosphere.
C. Low temperature exists in the troposphere and stratosphere.
D.The temperature in the troposphere is equal to the stratosphere.

________60. Layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in temperature. Is

the statement correct?
A. No, because it depends on the events that is happening on that layer.
B.Yes, because from troposphere to exosphere the temperature is gradually
increasing.
C. No, because layers of the atmosphere were classified based on their altitude
alone.
D.Yes, because there is a significant change in temperature in each layers of the
atmosphere.